Archive for the 'Collapse' Category
Streetview Time Machine Shows Detroit’s Collapse
June 9th, 2014Via: ZeroHedge: With the stock market hitting record highs day after day, it is easy to move on and forget that one of American’s once premier cities, Detroit, has been bankrupt for nearly a year. But out of mind doesn’t mean out of sight, especially now that Google has launched its street view Time Machine, […]
Civil Forfeiture Scam: Cops In Texas Seize Millions By ‘Policing for Profit’
June 6th, 2014Via: Forbes: Texas law enforcement are continuing to enrich themselves using a little-known legal doctrine known as civil forfeiture, according to a new series of investigative reports. Under civil forfeiture, property can be forfeited even if its owner has never been charged with a crime. In these proceedings, accused criminals have more rights than innocent […]
London’s Nitrogen Dioxide Pollution Worse Than Beijing’s
May 28th, 2014Via: Bloomberg: London has a dirty secret. Levels of the harmful air pollutant nitrogen dioxide at a city-center monitoring station are the highest in Europe. Concentrations are greater even than in Beijing, where expatriates have dubbed the city’s smog the “airpocalypse.” It’s the law of unintended consequences at work. European Union efforts to fight climate […]
Doctor: Detroit Abortion Stats ‘Like Some Third World Country’
May 24th, 2014Via: Detroit News: Nearly one-third of all pregnancies in the city of Detroit end in abortion, a statistic public health officials blame on rising poverty and dwindling access to affordable contraception. Of an estimated 18,360 pregnancies among Detroit residents in 2012, the most recent year for which data are available, 5,693 ended in abortion, or […]
Teaching Union in Northern Ireland: Computers Can Have Negative Impact on Children’s Ability to Learn
May 23rd, 2014When I make my weekly trip to town, it is becoming increasingly common to see very young children using smartphones and cheap Android tablets. As parents buy soda, frozen pizzas and other toxic waste at the supermarket, the children waddle behind like zombies, swiping away at the screens. Loud game noise or crap music blares […]
North Carolina GOP Pushes Unprecedented Bill to Jail Anyone Who Discloses Fracking Chemicals
May 21st, 2014Via: Mother Jones: As hydraulic fracturing ramps up around the country, so do concerns about its health impacts. These concerns have led 20 states to require the disclosure of industrial chemicals used in the fracking process. North Carolina isn’t on that list of states yet—and it may be hurtling in the opposite direction. On Thursday, […]
Miami VA Whistleblower Exposes Drug Dealing, Theft, Abuse
May 21st, 2014Via: CBS: When asked why he would risk his job and speak publicly, Detective Thomas Fiore considered the question carefully before answering. “People are dying,” he finally said, “and there are so many things that are going on there that people need to know about.” Fiore, a criminal investigator for the VA police department in […]
Inside Italy’s Secret Toxic Waste Crisis
May 21st, 2014Via: Journeyman Pictures:
Hood Disease: Inner City Oakland Youth Suffering From Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
May 16th, 2014Via: CBS: In the inner city, a health problem is making it harder for young people to learn. The Centers for Disease Control said 30 percent of inner city kids suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The CDC said these children often live in virtual war zones. Doctors at Harvard said they actually suffer from […]
Ocean Confetti
May 15th, 2014Via: MinuteEarth:
